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Food bank’s mobile distribution sites resuming
via The Herald-Dispatch After a winter break, Facing Hunger Foodbank is restarting its mobile food distribution in February. After a year of utilizing the mobile distribution sites even more than normal, Facing Hunger’s executive director Cyndi Kirkhart said she hopes...
Ice Bowl participants take aim at ending hunger
via Herald-Dispatch Rotary Park in Huntington was bustling with activity Saturday as disc golf players participated in a fundraiser for a local food bank. Nearly 150 participants were registered for the Ice Bowl disc golf tournament, one of the largest annual...
Huntington employees volunteer at food bank as part of ‘Day of Service’ events
Observed each year on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says while many...
Mr. Harshbarger donated his second one as well his desire and compassion to help others
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Huntington man again donates stimulus check to food bank
HUNTINGTON — While many need to use emergency funding provided by the federal government last week to pay bills or get groceries, one Huntington man donated his federal stimulus check for the second time to help those who are hungry. Shannon Harshbarger, American...
State food banks struggle to meet soaring demand
Via The Daily Mail WV - Hunger stalks tens of thousands of people, young and old, in West Virginia. Feeding America, the nationwide network of food banks, estimates that 250,600 people in the state struggle with hunger every day. Of them, 73,770 are children. Food...
Helping The Hungry
As seen in the Herald-Dispatch on 11-26-20. For Cyndi Kirkhart, helping others is a way of life. Her career led her across the country before returning home to West Virginia where she serves the Tri-State area as the executive director of Facing Hunger Foodbank in...
Amazon Smile
AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support Facing Hunger Food Bank every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop at...
Facing Hunger Foodbank to host online fundraising auction this weekend
HUNTINGTON — Facing Hunger Foodbank will host an online fundraising auction, Halt Holiday Hunger, this weekend to help area families in need during the upcoming holidays. The auction will open at noon Friday, Oct. 30, and close at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2,...